I take your point, and I know that some triggers are very unexpected. For instance, I know of someone who is triggered and dissociates when they sit in front of a computer, because they were made to watch internet porn at a young age by an abusive adult. In my experience, however, I've never seen anybody truly…

I'm not going to attempt a civil conversation with someone who tells an anonymous stranger they suck at their job. I should have drawn the line at the first "fuck off." I take responsibility for this conversation going off the rails, because I should have known not to engage with someone who reacts in that manner. …

I don't know where you're reading that my personal experience is the only model. I'm actually in the mental health field, so I know what PTSD *actually* is vs. what spoiled millenials in college would like to claim it is so they can get attention. Also, I would never write off anyone who is severely damaged. In…

The question is, do you expect the world to protect you from every reference to, or portrayal of, hair brushing? If not, then I think you are totally reasonable. If so, then I'm sorry, I think that's asking too much.

Also this loose definition of the word "trigger," - such as a student claiming they were triggered by the word "snot," as referenced in the artice - and of the definition of PTSD, should concern real sufferers. It trivializes the real experience of people who need REAL help, not just overly-coddled, privileged…

Nope, not an MRA in the slightest, and nope, not gonna fuck off either. Also nope, not self diagnosed. I was assaulted outside my home, and that's only the most recent event, not that I should have to prove anything to you. Of course someone with PTSD needs help. I needed help and continue to receive it. However,…

I'm sorry, but in my humble opinion trigger warnings are just another iteration of political correctness run amok. Everybody wants to be babied and protected from offense at all times. Grow a spine, people. (mind you, this is coming from a bleeding heart liberal with PTSD out the wazoo) Nobody is truly triggered…

You have a very loose definition of "nude," but it got me to click.

I have worked in medicine, I work in research, and I am a total atheist skeptic, but I have had energy healing. I was going through a difficult time and just employing whatever I could - therapy, life coaching, all of it - and I always left sessions with the energy healer feeling great. The feeling would last, like…

OK I've been looking around trying to figure out why people say she's a racist.

Also the Body/Head record was one of the most distressingly intense, unique records of last year, while Chelsea Light Moving sounds like SY without the interesting parts. (And Lee, I love you, but your lyrics. Come on) Kim comes out on top. And there's talk of a new Free Kitten record!

Well I don't agree with his critique, (am I allowed to do that?) but it is a good example of divergent opinions within minority groups. I'm gay and I disagree with many gay men about many things, including (and sometimes especially) depictions of gay men in media.

Also the depiction of the FDA raids, which never happened, and AZT as useless and lethal, when it was actually the only effective drug at the time and is still used today. The doses were too high at the time and were toxic so there's some truth there, but almost all of the stuff he imported was useless or only…

My point is that we're all allowed to like or dislike a movie even if it isn't about a group we belong to. I understand that the group it is about may have specific insights into their portrayal that I don't have, and that those are valuable, but a) people within groups don't all think alike. Their opinions will…

Except in this case we're critiquing a work of art, which can intersect with social issues, but is a different discussion. Anyone can have an opinion on the artistic merits of a film. I happen to agree with the critique of Leto's performance and found the film as a whole underwhelming and wildly historically…

You're allowed to has an opinion about a film even if it's not about your experience. I'm not a trans woman and I felt exactly the same way about Leto's performance. I'm also white and I think 12 years a slave is an amazing film. Everyone is entitled to an opinion about art regardless of their identity. There is such…

If they don't. Sorry forgot to finish that sentence.

I was just saying earlier today that part of why I want her, and 12 years, to win is not only because I think they should, but also because I dread all the think pieces on racism in Hollywood that would follow.

My friend had a disturbed patient in a hospital who kept getting blood infections and they couldn't figure out why, until they caught her putting her own feces into her IV line. I guess it was her way of trying to kill herself, so apparently this is a thing.

I'm gay, but I don't even go to bars so I don't have skin in this game, but I think it's ok for gay men to want certain bars that are for them just like I think it's ok for lesbians to want bars that are theirs and African Americans to want to have their own spaces etc etc. that doesn't bother me. Some gay bars are…